Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,637 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Stanley Crouch (1945-2020)
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St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1869- )
1919 Brooklyn Royal Giants
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Brooklyn Royal Giants (1905-1942)
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Togo D. West, Jr. (1942- )

Explore Global African History

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Ruben Um Nyobè (1913-1958)
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Foday Saybana Sankoh (1937–2003)
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Seyyid Said (1790–1856)
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (1903- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas
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The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports
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Dana, Wyoming, A Black Town in the Coal Mining West
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Is The Help Realistic? It Depends.

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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